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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-06

AtPalestinc. on second trial, the jury
gave John Pollard $3.50 3qmages for
injuries by the Pacific railroad. being
$500 mole than was accorded him in
first trial. lie sued FOR 5000.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-06
About the Court House.

The district court is still engaged
with case it was struggling with
yesterday. No new suits filed. The
court house is duh, except in the
county court. Judge Bower is max
ing it lively for prisoners and officers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-06
POStSOned.

The picnic to be given by the Con-
gregaiional Sunday-school tomorrow,
as heretofore announced, has been
postponed for one weekday nth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-06
Social Hop.

Tonight the employees of the West
ern Newspaper Union give IA social
hop at the new building on the cor
ner of Main and Sycamore streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

THE report of the Senate committee on the
southern prison condemned the sanitary con-
dition of the prison, but commended and com
plimented the prison physician. Section
6133, r. S., 1881, provides that the directors
of the prison ''shall appoint physician, who
shall reside near the penitentiary, and whose
duty it shall be to attend to all cases of sick
ness among the convicts, visit the prison at
least once day, have general sanitary over
sight of the prison, ndreport to the directors,
as often as they may require 1t, concerning
the health and condition of the prisoners
This gives the prison physician entire charge
of the sanitary condition of the prison, and
makes him responsible for everything in con-
nection with it. If the condition of the prison
was as outrageous as the committee reported
(and later developments have shown that
their statement was short of the truth), how
could they consistently compliment the ply
sicianR Did the committee know the law
What record is there that the physician ever
reported the bad sanitary condition of the
PRISON. What did he ever do to improve itl
Turn the rascals out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

THE House committee did themselves the
House and the State credit by declining the
services of Mr.. Span as attorney for the DEM
ocratic managers of the Insane Hospital
There are plenty of honorable Democratic
lawyers to be found without calling in one
who has made himself notorious by his
ingness to do work for the dirtiest party bo
es, and who is himself implicated in the in
vestigation of one of the boldest and most
scoundrelly crimes ever perpetrated in Indiana
Turn the rascas out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

vestigation had stopped with the Senate COM
mittee9 Senator Barretts report begins with
a reference, to prison food, which the commit
tee say they found in sufficient quantities,
good and properly cooked. 'The hospital is
kept clean, well lighted and ventilated and
the needs Of patients are properly attendedto
while tine treatment of prisoners is not more
severe than proper discipline requires" What
CHASTITY, horrible farce and burlesque such
report as that is, in the face Of the facts de-
veloped by the searching inquiry of the House
committee. 1.-The treatment of prisoners is
not more severe than proper discipline re-
quires!" In the name of common humanity,
where is the man, Republican or Democrat,
who will defend the withdrawing report of
Senator Barrett with the horrible facts staring
him in the face? Turn the rascals out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

SECTION 6132, Revised Statutes, provides
that the warden Of the State prison 'shall
give bond to the State of Indiana in the sum
of $780, 000 with at least five sureties, who
shall be freeholders within this State, to be
approved by the directors, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties, which
bond the said directors shall deposit in the
Office of the Treasurer of the State" The di-
rectors Of the southern prison violated this
plain provision, took no bond from Warden
Howard, and the people lose from $50, 900 to
$50, 900. Turn the rascals out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

Mr. FRANCIS MURPHY. the great temperance
apostle, said in an address in Chicago on Sunday
night last
81 want to say to the people of Chicago to-day
and to the authorities of this city, Chicago has
done better than many other cities, for you have
reduced the number of saloons by 800 by high
license. and now put on $500 more and clean
them out. / want also to tell you that the
wholesale dealers are deeply interested in this
matter, and have to come to the help of the re-
taller by giving them big credit. The pot is
cracked and the bottom will soon drop out of it,
and if you keep high license on the one hand
and the Murphy movement on the other, by the
help of God the thing will drop to pieces am
more in favor of license than any other man,
but if you can take 81 600 from the saloon
keeper instead Of honest labor, in Gods name
do it.
''It is time to tax the devil and let Christ go
free. also say to those in towns where they
have local option, sweep all the places out; am
opposed to the whole business from beginning to
the end Of it, have nothing to do with it, and
keep my money in my pockets and / want you to
do the same"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
And once more.
rTHE DEMOCRATIC sTAND-poINT,u

Though both Messrs Barrett and Sellers
are Democrats and the Democratic party has
majority of two on joint ballot, the revolution
of the system Of managing the States insti-
tutions that they have undertaken is wise from
Democratic stand point, because it has the
welfare of those institutions in yiew.-Senti-
mel.
That is what is the matter with the State
institutions. The Democratic standpoint
is just where all the trouble lies The Demo
the Democratic Baker having control the
trouble began. Until four years ago the Gov
ernor had the appointing power and supervis-
DRY power. The Governor then was Repub-
lican; hence the Brown bill giving the election
of trustees and directors to the Legislature,
which was Democratic. They elected, and
Howard, Harrison and the balance of the bad
lot took possession. Then stealing went ahead
unchecked, the cruelty and crime now being
brought to light had no fear of hindrance.
Now that there is Democratic Governor and
the election of the same kind of Democrats bv
the Legislature uncertain, the homestead
save the mark!-Democrats want to change
back to the Governor. The Republican House
will hardly be in a hurry to pass the Senate
bill. The people want honest boards, and see
ing the kind the Democrats have given will
hardly want to trust them with the plenarv
selection Of new boards, either by the Gov
ernor or Legislature. No more Democratic
stand-points" of that sort.
How about Republican campaign lies9 The
facts being brought to light show that the
Republican charges have not only been fully
proven, but moro and graver offenses, crimes
and misdoings have been established than even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

Mr.. HOWARD BRIGGS, one of trustees of the
benevolence The Journal takes pleasure in
saying, and has said it several times before,
that, so far as is known, the management Of
that institution, under Professor Jacobs has
been such as to lift it out Of severe criticism,
at least. But who can tell how much doctor
Harrison's methods may have corrupted the
business department of the Blind Insti-
tute? 1t is possible that there has been some
thing Of the general misfeasance even there,
though it may not affect Professor Jacobs, or
a trustee like Mr.. Briggs, who is not on the
ground, as is the Doctor" Turn the rascals
ont
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

THE WHITEWASHING REPORT.

The report of the Senate committee on the
southern prison was whitewashing affair,
whether intended to be so or not. 1t only
skinned the surface and avoided the bottom
facts. The committee were in Louisville and
Jacksonville about two days. and their report
was blocked out before hint was given of the
real richness they could strike if they would
When the palpable trick of covering up the
apparent shortage by the money from the
bank was played, the committee did not take
the trouble to run the matter down to find the
truth. They did 60 to the bank, but learn
ing that the officers had gone to Louisville
they abandoned further investigation /"
What would the people of the State have
really known of the horrors and bar
barisms of that hell upon earth-what
would they have known Of the frauds, cor
ruptions and crimes practiced there, if the in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
Is IT UNSATISFACTORY?
Turn the rascals out.

The disclosures at the southern prison show,
however, that the present system of governing
the State institutions is unsatisfactory
tinel
just so. Since when has it become unsat-
isfactory to Democrats? 1t was satisfactory
to Howard; it was satisfactory to DR.. Harri-
son-great and powerful Democratic leaders.
1t has been satisfactory to Democratic Sena-
tors and Democratic Representatives; so en-
tirely satisfactory, that they unanimously op-
posed measure to change the system, and
have steadily refused to go into joint conven-
one, and it has been repeatedly stated by
Democratic Senators and Representatives that
the present directors and trustees should hold
over until their successors were elected two
years hence. 1t has been satisfactory to the
Sentinel and other Democratic newspapers
that have denounced the charges of corrup-
ton, malfeasance and crime rs Republican
campaign lies. The system that voted more
than two hundred and fifty Democratic at
pital, and that levied contributions to the
Democratic campaign fund in Floyd and
Clark counties out of the money stolen from
the State, and extorted by force only short
of robbery from the convicts in the
southern prison, was eminently satisfactory
to the Democrats. Democratic Senators
and Democratic Representatives hold their
places to-day by reason of the votes cast for
them and frauds perpetrated on the ballot-box
by the Democratic management of the Insane
Hospital and the southern prison. So salts
factory has it been to the Democrats that
Democratic Senators and Democratic Repre-
sentatives have on the floor of their respect
i've chambers in the new State house, denied
the truth of the charges of fraud and cor
ruption, and have held up the managers of
these institutions as good and honest men,
1t is not the fruit of this system that has been
unsatisfactory to the Democrats. It is the
System that allowed the discovery of these
frauds and crimes that is unsatisfactory to
them. They could and did condone the
crimes and frauds, but they will never forget
or forgive their exposure. Turn the rascals
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
TURN THE RASCALS OUT.

The following persons are prominently lden-
titled with Democratic politics, and with the
management of the State institutions under
the present regime:
DR.. Thomas 81. Harrison, president Of the
benevolent institutions boards; expelled from
the Boone County Medical Society for disreput-
able practices; charged with corruption while
school superintendent Of that county; proved
by several witnesses to be of VIGOROUSLY bad
reputation; responsible for the appointment Of
a prostitute as female attendant IL the In
sane Hospital; ordered the purchase and deliv-
cry of diseased hogs and maggoty butter for
the asylum, ETC., etc.
Philip NJ. Gapen, trustee of the Insane
Hospital, tool of Harrisons; absent most of
the time in Arkansas on private business; at
tended only two meetings of the board in
eighteen months; drew his salary in advance.
Richard j. Wilson, director of the southern
prison, formerly director of the Knightstown
Home, along with the notorious John M.
Goar; forced to resign that position.
Andrew j. Howard, warden of the southern
prison, defaulter to the city of Jefferson
vile when appointed, is short in his accounts
about $75, 900, and guilty of the grossest abuse
of a public trust-a recognized leader in the
Democratic party.
Deputy Warden Baxter helped raise money
to enable Howard to cover up his shortage
| temporarily and deceive the committee.
Captain Allen, steward Of the southern
prison, pocketed profit on beef and hominy
furnished the prisoners, sold clothing to the
prisoners, helped raise money to cover up
Towards shortage temporarily
| Chaplain Cain acted as pardon broker,
| extorted fees from the prisoners, charged
them for writing letters for pretended trips to
Indianapolis, etc.
Deputy Warden Craig boarded prison guards
| and drew his table supplies from the prison.
Clerk Hewett, pretended book-keeper, cog
| infant of what was going on and assisted in
concealing it.
Turn the rascals out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

A BROOKLYN paper rejoices over the refusal
of the New York Legislature to pass bill
exempting women from the death penalty in
cases of murder, on the ground that any other
action would put too much temptation into
the power of a wife, who, as every one knows
holds the husband'sdife Gin the hollow of her
hand" Considering the character of New
York husbands as disclosed from time to time
through the courts and public press, there is
probably something in this, and it is just as
we'll that the wives are restrained in their de-
sire for vengeance. The bill was formulated
in the interest of Mrs Druse the woman
who, after killing her husband with an ak, cut
him up and burned him in the kitchen stove
Willing away the time required in consuming
the remains by playing checkers with her
children. Mrs. Druse was sentenced to be
hanged, and, unless Governor Hill interferes,
will probably pay the penalty of her crime
Gust like a man." Turn the rascals out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
An Old Fable Worked Over.

Boston 1ranECrlN.
Once upon a Time there was a Man who
owned Goose which was addicted to the harm
less habit Of laying golden Egg every day, not
excepting Sunday. While the Man was one
Morning fondling the ovarian Nugget, which
the aforementioned Goose had just added to its
owners already large and constantly increasing
mineral Collection. Walking Delegate hap
pened along. and swapping his Thumb after the
graceful Manner which obtains among the Pro-
fesson, he said to the Man:
THAT Goose is bloated Capitalist. You
feed it, you protect it from the Elements What
do you get in return? Nothing but your daily
Wage of one poor Egg. District No. 785. 642, 30l
orders you to Strike"
So the Man struck knife into the Goose's
weasand, and straiRhtway proceeded to absorb
its idle Capital. But the Goose had no Assets
and the Man found that he was the greater
Goose of the two. and that he could hope for no
more golden Eggs from that Establishments
Moral-Never 60 off at half-cock. and be sure
that you are quito right OH the Goose Question
before you proceed to ExtrcmitiesL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
Protecting the Prison Books.

Speclal TO the lndlanapoilS journal.
JEFFERsoNyILLE, Ind, Feb 22-Acting
Warden Baxter, of the Prison South. and Clerk
Huette this afternoon deposited in the Citizens
National Bank, for safe keeping all the books of
the institution. This was done because of
suspicion aroused that Howard, who still re-
mains there, would, in some way, attempt to de-
stroy them, SO their tell-tale pages could not be
used as evidence against him in any suit which
covery of the stolen money a felony prose-
cution. Clerk Huette was seen by the Journal
correspondent, and. while he did not specifically
state the reasons for their action, he said that
it was to protect himself and Baxter. Street ru-
NOR tonight has it that the board of directors,
who are at Indianapolis, will use money in an
endeavor to get minority report in their favor.
Robinson is said to be one of the committee who
is to be approached. David Allen, the steward,
has offered his resignation, but he will be held
till the depths of his rascality are reached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

10 put the appointment of the trustees in
the hands of the Governor is to put it where
it belongs. We think, too a COM
Dmendable feature of those bills is their omis-
sion of any mention of politics. 1t
is far better to have liberty of action in this
regard than to make the recognition of parties
something with which law has nothing to
do-a matter of law. 1t is better that the
whole responsibility be placed in the hands Of
the Governor, unhampered. The News.
This is the discovery of a new principle in
civil-service reform and non partisan boards
and one our esteemed contemporary should
have the credit for. Every civil-service law
and non-partisan board law we know Of or
ever heard of has its non partisanship ex-
pressed in its own provisions. 1t is SO with
the civil-service laws of New York and Mas
sachusetts, and with the one pending in this
State. It is so with the national ciyil-service
law. 1t is so with the Statehouse- commission
BILL the metropolitan police bill, the proposed
soldiers monument BILL 1t is so with the
interstate-commerce bill. We know Of no
exception anywhere, and we do not believe
there should be an exception in Indiana. We
want the State institutions lifted out of par
tisan control, and we want that done by law.
and rot left to the s'unhampered" action either
of Legislature or Governor, no matter
what their politics may be. Turn the Iascals
out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

The Democratic tactics in the Insane Asy-
ium investigation have been fully developed
1t is the intention to break down DR.. Fletcher
He is to be ruined in the mad hope of saving
dr." Harrison, with his Sullivan butter
maggots and the Cooper-Landers sick hogs.
Nothing can overcome the force Of DR..
fietchers testimony already given; but he
owes Z to himself, to the State, to the institu-
ton over which he has had but nominal
control, to his own future, to make full,
ample aud exhaustive statement, both Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
TURN TUE RASCALS OUT"
What the Press of the State Says Of the
Damnable Democratic Practices

Rushville Graphic: Howard was in the wrong
position at the penitentiary.
Shelbyville Republican: The Democratic or
gans are beginning to be convinced that they
were not campaign lies" after all.
Terre Haute Express The investigation of
the asylum for the insane shows state of affairs
equal to that at the southern penitentiary
Terre Haute Express: If Warden Howard re-
ceives his just dues he will be sent to the peni.
Tertiary. A dose of his own medicine should be-
added to his sentence.
Columbus Republican: Warden Jack Howard
citizens who trusted him, robbed the prison
guards and robbed the prisoners
Seymour Republican: There is nothing new
or startling in the treatment of the prisoners at
jeff. and the Insane Asylum. 1t is simply the
old Democratic way, conceived at Andersonville
and propagated to Indiana.
Vincennes Commercial: Friday last was, in
Decd a ''black Friday to ring Democracy and
mismanagement in Indiana. On that day truths
foreshadowed before were made clear, at.the
very outset Of investigation.
Madison Courier: sTurn the rascals OUT il
advice the Democrats of Indiana should heed.
They appear to have possession of sill the char.
liable institutions of the State and are response
HE for the management of them.
Richmond Palladium: The rascally and inhu-
man practices which arc shown to have prevailed
in the State Prison South and at the State In
will perhaps induce that party to change its pur.
pose not to elect successors to the officials in
charge of these institutions.
Sholbyville Republicans Jack Howard was
one OF the eminent Democrats who during the
last campaign was violently opposed to the Re-
publican programme for opening the books.
DR. Harrison. president of the benevolent
boards, was another distinguished light who
thought the suggestion OF opening tho books was
little short Of sacrilege. No wonder.
Kokomo Gazette-T Tribune: What with the
rottenness in tho management of the Insane
Hospital, the usurpatioas OF Green Smith at tho
opening Of the Legislature, the playing the baby
act in the Lieutenant governor case tho seating
OF Branaman. the Marion county tally-shoot
forReries, and the corruption and EN- slcmenu
the Bourbonz hare much " AnsWog ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

Hon. JESSE j. SPANN, Of Nashville, died
last night, after protracted illness. Mr..
Spann was one of the most prominent and
promising of the younger men of the State.
He served in the Union army with gallantry.
He was good lawyer, politician of sound
judgment and high purpose, had served in
the State Senate with great credit to himself,
and, if he had lived, must have won yet
higher distinction in public life He was a
warm-hearted and true friend, loving and
cerely mourned, and his memory warmly
cherished
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

THE tomtit presided at the Senate Insane
Asylum investigating farce last night, and
after reading the report in the Journal of yes
terday, said if another such should appear, the
Journal reporter would be excluded The
Republican Senators stated that the report
told the exact truth, as of course it did, The
reporter is under orders to keep within the
truth as to the whitewashing farce. Whenever
the tomtit or the tomtit's committee want, to
exclude the Journal reporter, we cordially in
vite him or them to do so. Turn the rascals
out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

Now is the time to arrest our institutions in
their headlong rush towards incompetence. ex-
travagancea and scoundrelsm. Evening News.
Wouldn't it be as well to arrest the manae-
ers tooa It is the opinion Of most people that
the guardians of the institutions have not
only rushed towards" incompetence, extrav-
agance and scoundrelism, but that they have
plunged in clear up to their worthless necks.
Turn the rascas out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

SECTION 6135, Revised Statutes, provides
that the moral instructor (chaplain) of the
State prison shall devote his whole time and
ability to the interests of the convicts con-
fined therein, shall give them regular instruc-
ton, and supenntend their mental and moral
improvement. Instead Of this the chaplain
of the southern prison acted as a pardon
pretense of using his influence to get them
out of prison. Turn the rascals out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23

THERE is in existence in Indiana, we be-
lieve an association of benevolent persons
whose purpose is to encourage and aid convicts
after their release from prison. To judge by
the reports from Jacksonville the men who
survive until the expiration of their terms
must need more than the ordinary amount of
ministration and assistance. Cowed by
cruel treatment until they cringe at the sight
of one in authority, and with their hearts
embittered by the Injustice which has been